Superman
#161
(May 1963)
DC,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of March, June, Sept. and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1963-03-21
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Superman Goes to War!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
-
in Albi del Falco (Mondadori, 1954 series) #380 -
in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #11/1963 -
in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, 1983 series) (1983) - in Superman [So Much Fun] (DC, 1987 series) #161 (1987)
- in Superman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2008)
-
Countdown on Excellence
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Last Days of Ma and Pa Kent!
Superman; An Untold Story of Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jonathan Kent (death); Martha Kent (death); Lana Lang; Blackbeard (intro, villain); Lex Luthor; Superboy (guest star); Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue) (all in flashback); Superman
- Synopsis
- On the anniversary of his adoptive parents' deaths, Superman recalls how he, as Superboy, sent his parents on a Caribbean cruise on which they contracted the fever plague that, despite his best efforts to cure them, led to their sad passing.
- Reprints
- in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #165 (May-June 1970) [retitled]
- in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) ([November] 1999)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- Phantom Zone
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 0.67 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Timothy Theophilakos, John Steele, Jerry Gerelick, Bill Hamilton, Donald Markstein
Special Announcement!
Superman; Adventure Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Action Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page
Superman Goes to War!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Supergirl (guest appearance); Zhorians (intro); Mr. Haller (a Hollywood producer, introduction); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2008)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superman Goes to War!
Superman -
1.
Countdown on Excellence
-
2.
The Last Days of Ma and Pa Kent!
Superman; An Untold Story of Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
4.
Tootsie Roll Makes History!
Tootsie Roll -
5.
[no title indexed]
Revolutionary War Soldiers -
6.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Stamps -
7.
Special Announcement!
Superman; Adventure Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Action Comics -
8.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
9.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
10.
Superman Goes to War!
Superman -
11.
[no title indexed]
Metal Men -
12.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
13.
[no title indexed]
Missile Attack -
14.
[no title indexed]
Convoy Terror -
15.
[no title indexed]
Task Force -
16.
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club -
17.
[no title indexed]
147 Famous Automobiles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- John Censullo
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Dan Kocher
- Donald Dale Milne
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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